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Because of the <A HREF="http://www.stereophile.com/news/100206ces/">restrictions placed on merchandise sales</A> at CES, the usual Acoustic Sounds booth, stocking much-in-demand LPs, SACDs, and CDs, was nowhere to be found. But the Kansas company still had a display room showing the hardware lines it distributes, including Thorens, Sutherland, and Stirling. But founder Chad Kassem was most proud of the new Analogue Productions LP: the <I>Ultimate Analogue Test LP</I>. Produced by Clark Williams and Barry Wolfson, with input from George Marino and others, cut at Sterling Sound, and pressed on 180gm vinyl by RTI, the <I>Test LP</I> has a selection of tracks to enable the LP lover to optimally set up his system.

Conductor Kenneth Woods guides us through Mahler's <I>Kindertotenleider</I>. Articles like this 'un are why the web was invented.

"DeVore's just down the hall," he says.

At least that's what Kevin Deal called the $1395 PrimaLuna Prologue Eight CD player.

An inside look at PrimaLuna's adaptive auto-bias. Sometimes simpler is quite complex.